A New York City murder suspect who was spotted in Maine earlier this week was captured in Ohio on Friday, according to Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine State Police.

McCausland said Raymond Mayrant was taken into custody in Ohio sometime Friday. A car stolen from an Augusta residence on Wednesday was found in Warren, Ohio, not far from the Pennsylvania border, McCausland said.

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McCausland had no other details about Mayrant's capture.

Mayrant is wanted in New York City in connection with the city's first homicide of the year.

Police in New York said the 25-year-old Mayrant shot his girlfriend and her mother during an argument on Jan. 3. The mother, 59-year-old Elzina Brown, died at the scene.